Information Communication Technology

Directorate
Addis Ababa University Information and Communication Technology Directorate (ICT)
Email: yosef.siferaw@aau.edu.et
Summary
AAU has a mission to advance knowledge through innovative and creative teaching, research and
community services; to respond to national needs, transfer and adopt relevant technology, while
fostering democratic values, ensuring equity and diversity and serving as a center of excellence by way
of encouraging robust exercise of academic freedom; developing vibrant graduate programs and
nurturing professional competence, a humanistic education, a scientific culture, and producing critically
committed and ethically strong citizen. The University recognizes ICT as a powerful enabling and
transformation tool for institutional change and transformation to achieve its strategic missions and
vision.

However, status of Addis Ababa University Information and Communication Technology concentrated
mainly on the following themes:-

 The University’s computer network (wiring, devices, servers, workstations).

 Email and intranet web service infrastructure.
 Staff infrastructure
 End-user skills development and training
 Electronic access to library resources
 Data processing capacity and applications for teaching (computer practice rooms, eLearning)
 Data processing capacity and applications for research (general science and discipline specific
computing)
 ICT applications for administration and management/decision making.
 Management and control of ICT resources

ICT is accountable to the Office Vice President for Institutional Development and consists of five
functional units:

 ICT Infrastructure and Services.

 Business Applications Development and Administration.
 Learning-Teaching Technologies.
 ICT Support and Maintenance.
 ICT Training and Consultancy
Prioritized Areas for AAU-ICT development
 Developing university-wide ICT Polices and Strategy Plan
 Strengthening of AAU’s research position through advanced data processing facilities
 Strengthening university-wide ICT governance and management including professional staff
development and organizational structure.
  Modernizing and upgrading desktop computing facilities.
 Modernizing, upgrading and expanding University computer network.
 Unified communication and collaboration facilitiesfor each campus
 Creating common eLearning platform, online education expertise center and distance
 Creating a common eLearning platform
 Developing eLearning competence
2018/2019 Achievements
 Terms of reference prepared and internal consultants identified for Upgrading of ICT governance
system infrastructure which comprises of producing, approving and in place 6 governance system
documents.
 Project activities implementation strategy is drafted after serious of discussions among ICT and
relevant academic departments.

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ADAMA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE
Published: Thursday, 25 May 2017 10:22

VISION
A model center that excels in ICT infrastructure for academic, research, and community service in Africa.

MISSION
o Creating a conducive teaching-learning, research, community service, management, and administration
environment with ICT support.
o Providing reliable and adequate network infrastructure.
o Automating the teaching-learning process.
o On-time user support.
o Delivering fast and reliable Internet and Intranet service 24/7 for ASTU communities.
o Automating business process
o Securing ASTU network from any threats internal or external.
o Ensuring the quality of ASTU ICT equipment.
o ICT consultancy and training.
o Conducting research in ICT.
o Delivering ICT research outcomes, and professional application software.

Mandate Analysis
o Exclusively managing, insuring quality, monitoring, and maintenance of any ICT-related equipment.
o Discarding any ICT equipment should be approved by ICT Directorate.
o Any application software that is installed on ASTU ICT equipment should get the approval of the ICT
Directorate.
o Preparing ICT Policies, standards, and guidelines.
o Request for any proprietary application software and operating systems should be first approved by ICT
before further processing.
o Managing, maintaining, upgrading, and expanding the network infrastructure, ICT Pools, SMART Rooms.